Jena Ardell: Transporting you back in time...

Jena Ardell is part photographer, part time traveler. Her retro fine art photography looks so authentic, you'll swear you stepped aboard her time machine.

Although she is an experienced digital retoucher, all of her Polaroid work is left unedited.

Jena's work was published in the July 2010 and Aug 2009 editionS of Elle GIrl Korea Magazine and has been featured on {Frolic!}, Decor8, Modish and The New York Times Blog As well as 10x15 magazine's i love pools issue and Posi+tive magazine..

Jena is one of the 160 featured photographers in The Month of Photography Los Angeles (MOPLA) 2010.

Past exhibitions include the following group shows:

• Polaroid: Easy Art? Doria Castle, Dolceacqua, Italy
• The 2010 MOPLA Group Show, Smashbox Studios, Culver City, Ca
• Can’t Pay The Rent show, L'Keg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• group show, Ghetto Gloss Gallery, Silverlake, CA
• Something Different, APW Gallery, Long Island City, NY

Jena's photography has been featured in Getty Images Top 8.

You can purchase Jena's images for commercial usage by visiting her collection on Getty Images. Jena's stock photography clientele includes MTV Networks, Microsoft, AOL France and Glamour.com.

Interview one. Interview two.

"When you close your eyes and think of California you probably envision something along the lines of fine art photographer Jena Ardell’s captures. Ardell’s work will take you back in time to a summer that never ends, a photographic time machine, if you will." ~Tristan of Thebrightsideproject.com

"If you've ever clicked your heels together and wished you resided in a more retro decade then you've come to the right place. Jena Ardell's retro fine art photography transports you back to a time that is reminiscent of a 70's dreamy Santa Monica beach day or a 60s Vegas wanderlust moment." ~Taryn of RetroRepublik.COM

"Ardell’s photographs are wonderfully contemplative and remind me of the simpler times of this country, which I often wish (as I am sure many other do) we could go back to. The irony of Ardell’s ability to capture these “simpler times” in the current day gives me hope that the olden days aren’t as far out of grasp as once thought." ~Brittni Wood of PaperNStitch.COM

Jena is available for freelance assignments. If interested, please email jena at jena.ardell@gmail.com for more information.